Cell-Capable Modems

[DCT Jared Smith]

So you have less freedom, it sounds. Is this for more
or less money? The question is rhetorical. I'm with
Brian on this. Turn off the cellphone and enjoy the game.

Strange how cool gadgets can evolve into leashes, once
the coolness wears off. I wouldn't use a cell-phone or a
pager, unless my job is something like delivery, where it
is a tool, not a 'convenience' or a leash.

Of course, the other solution would be to realize the gravity
of your responsibility to DST, and ALWAYS immediately
leave every ballgame whenever you are paged. This would
give you a very high work ethic, and soon DST would stop
paging you for trivial matters, because they would see that
you really care about your work. Hard to do in this world,
where all 'important people' play golf all afternoon.

>If only it were that simple.  :)  I used to be able to do that, but that
>was before this job.
>
>DST has IT response times that they are contractually obligated to uphold.
>If something goes awry, most of the time, some type of response is required
>in under 30 minutes.  Depending on the severity, this timeframe can be
>tightened even further.  Realistically, half the time you can talk your way
>through it without dialing in.  But those other times...
>
>- Kevin

>>Usually when that happens to me. I turn off my cell phone, so
>>when the inevitable call comes half an hour later, I don't answer it.
>>I then proceed to finish what I'm doing, blowing off the page and all
>>subsequent pages, and then go home and dial in and fix the problem.
>>Finally I turn the phone back on and retrieve my messages, call in and
>>tell them everything is fixed. End of problem.
>>
>>my $0.02,
>>Brian